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Patt gives woodwork the acid test Story & photo Lou Beaumont Like all things worth doing, learning to create from wood is a process that for the most part is fun and challenging, but it also has its fair share of frustrations. Most women are faced with the prospect of starting from scratch with woodwork knowhow, having not had the opportunity to learn it at school. In addition, when students meet with resistance when working with wood, due to perfectionist, sloppy or perhaps impatient tendencies, it can often trigger deeper and unrelated emotions that if not faced will come up over and over again, in workshop and in life. For years, Patt Gregory has taught woodwork for women in Mullumbimby, not only filling a gap in community skills and enhancing local women’s independence, but offering support and counsel as an integral part of her teaching process. Without it, many women would have pushed aside both their woodwork project and the deep-seated emotions it was responsible for bringing to the surface. As well as running the workshops from her home, Patt has been busy writing a Woodwork for Women manual. Reflected in the instructions in her book, Patt leaves no stone unturned when teaching her students. She
now wants to find willing women and men of varying ages to trial these instructions, in her workshop with her guidance, to ensure they are entirely clear and easy to follow. Patt said, ‘We have all experienced trying to put together a piece of furniture or a tent from a set of very badly put-together instructions and either thrown it
across the room or ended up with bits left over! It’s very frustrating! ‘I express every nuance when tutoring in my workshops as you never know what it is that will click with each student. Every person is different and different analogies resonate with different people. That is why my book will first and foremost be a manual, but it will also have
student experiences and tips scattered through it to offer insight and support.’ Patt hopes these testimonial sprinklings will lend the necessary support to women embarking on a solo project. In a class environment, Patt and fellow students understand where and why resistance may arise, and by emulating this support throughout the manual it is hoped projects can be seen through to completion. Patt continues, ‘The book, just like my teaching, is all about the process of woodwork. People grow inside themselves during the workshops as it is so much more than the end result. It is a process of noting what’s happening when things are not going exactly to plan, what comes up within you, and meeting it.’ If anyone, male or female (all perspectives are welcome), is interested in helping trial the instructions in Patt Gregory’s new manual, please contact her on 6684 3160. Patt would like to hear expressions of interest at this point so she can determine the best schedule for everyone, although it is thought those participating would be needed for one afternoon or morning a week for a few months. Visit www.woodworkforwomen.com for an idea of the fun and rewarding process.
Shire to commemorate ANZAC Day Sub-branches of the Returned Services League will be commemorating ANZAC Day throughout the Shire on Wednesday April 25. The information we have so far:
Mullumbimby ANZAC Day in Mulumbimby will commence with the customary dawn service at the Cenotaph at 4:30am where wreaths will be laid. At the conclusion of the dawn service breakfast will be served in the Mullum RSL for all those who attend the dawn service. Later in the day, the Commemoration Service will begin at 11am. Those wishing to march should be at Apex Park, Mullumbimby no later than 10:50am as the parade will fall in at this time in order to step off at 11am sharp. The march will proceed to the Cenotaph via Burringbar and Dally Street, where a memorial service will be held and wreaths laid. For RSL members, their partners, and other ex-service members attending the march and memorial service, there will be a lunch held at the Mullumbimby Ex-serv-
ices Club at the conclusion women who have fought and of the service. died in all wars. ANZAC was the name Bangalow given to the Australian and The Bangalow ANZAC New Zealand Army Corps Day parade will assemble at soldiers who landed on the Memorial Park (near the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey roundabout) from 10:15am, ready for the 10:45am march to the RSL Hall for the wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. A traditional service will follow, with guest speakers, Air Force veteran Bob Heffernan AM and Army veteran Bob Freriechs.
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